Insurance status at delivery linked to late or missing prenatal care, US birth records show
A pooled analysis of US birth records from 2021 to 2024 found that Medicaid, self-pay, and other public insurance at ...
Tag: Medicaid
Medicaid Breast Cancer Endocrine Therapy Adherence Unaffected by Low Prescription Copayments
A national study of Medicaid beneficiaries with breast cancer found that nominal prescription co-payments under eight dollars were not associated ...
Performance Feedback Emerges as Key Driver of Autism Intervention Training in Community Clinics
In a community mental health trial, only video-based performance feedback significantly improved one domain of clinician coaching competency, while overall ...
Many Patients with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Stop Adalimumab Within a Year
An observational study of US insurance claims found that 60.3 percent of adults with hidradenitis suppurativa discontinued adalimumab during follow-up, ...
Linked Administrative Data Put Autism Prevalence in Pennsylvania at 1 in 38
A new study using linked Pennsylvania education and Medicaid records identified 78,207 youth ages 3 to 21 with autism in ...
Telehealth use stabilized after its pandemic peak, with lower visit payments
A nationally representative US survey analysis found telehealth use stabilized near 9 percent of office-based visits from 2021 to 2023, ...
Higher-Dose Opioids for New Low Back Pain Linked to Sharply Raised Risk of Opioid Use Disorder and Overdose
A study of 399,500 Medicaid adults found that initial opioid treatment for acute low back pain above 50 MME per ...
Medicaid work requirements may burden patients, physicians and safety-net hospitals
A New England Journal of Medicine Perspective projects that 2027 Medicaid work requirements could increase clinician paperwork, threaten safety-net finances ...
Southern New England cohort links self-detection and missed appointments with delayed breast cancer diagnosis
A retrospective Southern New England cohort found that 22% of 431 new breast cancer diagnoses were delayed by at least ...
Vision Care in America Remains Out of Reach for Millions of Low-Income Patients, Review Finds
A new scoping review finds that income-related and structural barriers—including Medicaid coverage gaps, safety-net limitations, and low health literacy—leave low-income ...
Twelve Months of Medicaid After Birth Boosts Follow-Up Care in High-Risk Mothers
A Columbia University study of births in New York and Texas finds that extending Medicaid coverage to 12 months postpartum ...
How Older Adults Mix Home and Community Services—and Why Dementia May Not Change Their Quality of Life
A new clustering analysis of 775 Medicaid home- and community-based services users in Minnesota finds four distinct consumer groups but ...
Two Sisters, One Preventable Gap: How the US Health System Fails Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
A new narrative review documents how adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the US go years without routine cancer ...
Home-Delivered Fresh Produce Boosts Food Prescription Redemption to Nearly 90 Percent
A University at Buffalo randomized controlled trial found that home delivery of fresh produce raised food prescription redemption rates from ...
Lifting Medicaid Prescription Caps Boosted HIV Medication Adherence, Study Finds
A difference-in-differences study found that removing South Carolina's Medicaid prescription cap increased antiretroviral adherence among people with HIV by 4.6 ...
Medicaid Spending Held Steady as Care Coordination Program Served Children With Chronic Disease
A five-year analysis of a comprehensive care coordination program for Medicaid-enrolled children with chronic conditions found stable expenditures during grant ...
Why Health and Long-Term Care Systems Are Destined to Merge
An LSE economist argues that ageing populations and failing insurance markets make the merger of health and long-term care systems ...
Screening for Social Needs in Hospitals: Why Asking Is Not the Same as Helping
A new Journal of General Internal Medicine editorial argues that hospital screening for health-related social needs has outpaced the systems ...
Epilepsy drugs may quietly undermine hormonal birth control, study finds
A University of Pittsburgh-led study of Medicaid data found that nearly one-third of epilepsy patients prescribed susceptible hormonal contraceptives also ...
Where a Child Lives Shapes Whether They Get a Sleep Test Before Tonsil Surgery
A new commentary in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine highlights wide geographic and racial and ethnic disparities in preoperative ...
